Rough Weather Ahead
Hervey Bay is facing the possibility of a tropical cyclone hitting the city on Saturday. At 3.11pm today the Weather Bureau’s three day cyclone outlook included this warning:
At the present time there are no significant tropical disturbances in the Coral Sea. A low pressure system is expected to develop over the western Coral Sea within 180nm of 20S 153E during Thursday and then further intensify into Friday as it moves southeast.
The likelihood for Tropical Cyclone development within the next three days is:
Thursday: low
Friday: Moderate
Saturday: High
While the low is expected to head south-east it is expected to turn towards the coast as the cyclone forms. If the cyclone does eventuate the Weather Bureau warns that we should expect big seas along the coastline.
